Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ The Dark, The Light, The Crazy ❯ Shy Fox, Bold Rabbit. pI ( Chapter 4 )

In a chilly autumn morning, young students from all over the village trudged off to the academy. Only one had a spring in his step, his eyes glowing in anticipation.

 

It was the first day of the academy for Naruto, though he was starting a year late. The entity of last year had been spent trying to join though. As Naruto had no parents, he needed the old man to sign him up. Off course whenever he submitted the paperwork, not wanting to bother the old man, his clerk's would “misplace” it making him submit it again and again until he finally worked up the courage to ask the old man himself. Now he was just happy to be going at all, though he was a year late, which meant he was already behind, and the other kids probably wouldn't like him since the rest of the village didn't, and… More and more doubts swelled in Naruto's mind. He was beginning to seriously think that he might as well quite now.

“Cheer up kit,” the Kyuubi growled at him. He was starting to get really ticked off at this. A being who had the power to wipe out every spark of life on the planet, who had the power to obliterate all that she saw, who struck fear into the hearts of all men, who was there from the beginning of Time itself, was trapped inside a seven year old boy who could barely speak without stuttering. Villages beating the child, starving him, ignoring him and worse, all of the abuse had caused Naruto to draw within a quite shy shell. The fox had befriended him just to keep him from being emo. The demon REFUSED to be sealed in an emo!

“Kit, it's your first day at the academy. You are going to find your spine, smile, and make a normal HUMAN friend! It's not natural that you talk more with a Greater Demon than with another little one like yourself.”

Naruto just blushed slightly and pushed the ends of his fingertips together, lowering his head. This drew a few strange looks from the villagers, though the hate never left their eyes.

The kitsune sighed, maybe he should have let him go emo, at least then he would be able to talk. A terrible image burst into the fox's head. It was Naruto, dressed in a tight black T-shirt, with tighter leather girl pants. There was black nail polish on his fingers, and mascara on his face. In his hands was a dairy filled with bad poetry and blood stains from self inflicted cuts. To top it off the kyuubis cage would be painted black and have the posters of crappy bands like `Stab my Heart because I Love You', or `Rip Apart my Soul' all over. The nine tailed fox, most powerful of all demons, shuddered at the thought.

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Later, at the academy…

 

“Class this is Uzumaki Naruto,” Iruka said as he introduced Naruto to the rest of the class. Naruto lowered his head so they wouldn't see his blush as he pushed his fingers together.

“H-h-hello,” Naruto managed to stammer out.

In her seat a certain dark haired girl let her eyes roll over him. She had to admit, she liked what she saw. Under her desk she made a hand seal and whispered, “Byakugan”. No one noticed her eyebrows shoot up, no one noticed her small but feral grin that could make Anko blush. She thought three simple words summed up what she was thinking. `He's all mine!' As she studied him in more… detail with her Byakugan, she continued thinking about him. `That thing he does with his fingers is soooo cute, he seems so vulnerable. He could lose the blush though… until I give him a reason to, and I certainly will, he's not badly equipped!' As she deactivated her Byakugan, she almost blushed at her own thought, almost. `Invasion of privacy? He won't have any privacy for me to invade when I'm done with him!'

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Kiba suddenly lifted his head and sniffed the air, while Akamaru whimpered in his jacket. Assuming it was just another fangirl daydreaming about Saskue, he groaned inwardly, and how could he not? With Saskue was around the room stank with the smell. Even when he was sick the medic nins fantasized about him! It never had ceased to amaze him that such young girls, were day-dreaming about another eight-year-old that way! Kiba had come to be accustomed to it, but damn had it just spiked! With a sudden shock he quickly went from mildly annoyed to flat out shocked. It was coming off Hinata! *Insert sweatdrop here* Kiba had been friends with her for awhile, so he knew a few things about her. 1. She was no innocent angel, 2. She was loud and stubborn, but 3. She was no fangirl!... Why was she giving off such waves of the smell? Kiba stared at her, just now noticing her grin.

 

A small tickle of blood dripped from his nose.

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Iruka, completely oblivious as he didn't have Kiba's nose, asked Naruto where he would like to sit.

“I, uh, i-i-it d-doesn't m-matter to m-me,” Naruto whispered.

Iruka was just about to assign Naruto a place in the front when Hinata cried out in a voice full of concern, “Kiba! Your nose is bleeding; you should go see the nurse!”

“No, I feel…” before Kiba could complete the statement Hinata turned and looked at him, waves of killing intent came from her small body like a hurricane, all focused at Kiba. It was amazing that an eight year old could produce it in such large amounts really. “Uh, on second thought I feel kind of dizzy, maybe I should go see the nurse,” Kiba revised. He calmly got out of his seat, slowly walked to the door, stepped outside, and bolted like a frightened rabbit. He did NOT want to stick around to tick off Hinata right now!

“Sensie, Naruto can sit by me since Kiba will probably be out all class with that nosebleed,” Hinata demurely stated. `And if he does come back I'll give him a REAL reason to bleed and run!'

By now Iruka was starting to be scared by Hinata's behavior… Demure was not something see normally was! However, Iruka liked Naruto, and if Hinata requested to sit by him, she probably wouldn't like the other student's parents had conditioned them to. With a shrug, he motioned for Naruto to take the empty seat, silently praying she wouldn't maim him.

-Flashback-

Iruka was just headed back to his apartment from the movie theater. They had made his favorite book into a big screen event, how could he resist? He had run into Kakashi and had a grand time there. He was just passing the Hyuuga compound, head still in Icha Icha Paradise: the Movie when he was pulled out of his thoughts by the distinctive sound of yelling.

“I don't care if you're head of the clan father! You treat me and Hanabi like we're crud! You are no father to me you slimy lit-“

The voice was cut off mid insult, probably by someone activating the privacy seals set inside the compound. He recognized the voice as his Hinata's, his student. Iruka had sort of a half-smile on his face. Hinata was too shy in class; it was nice to hear her find some confidence, especially against her father. With his half-smile still on his face, Iruka walked off into the night.

The next day, Iruka saw a completely new side of Hinata. Just at the start of class she came up to Iruka and loudly demanded a seat change. Before he could even say anything she turned and walked to an empty seat next to Kiba, where she introduced herself. Kiba just stared at her. Was this the same quite girl that had been here yesterday? The clan heiress scooted her chair closer to him rubbing her shoulder against his getting their scents on each other in the Inuzuka way; she hadn't completely ignored her father when he taught her about other clans. From that point on they were close friends, and Hinata quickly grew more feral every day since…

-End Flashback-

Iruka sighed, `I almost miss the old Hinata.' Breaking out of his thoughts Iruka resumed teacher mode. “Okay class, today I will be giving a lecture on some of the uses of kunai…

 

During the entire test Hinata never took her eyes off Naruto…

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Hinata had never acted her young age. Before she snapped and fought with her father she acted like a reserved and quite 30 year old councilwoman. Now she acts like 20 year old Inuzka woman. Meaning now when she wanted something she went out and got it, and got it using as much force as possible. If someone was somehow watching what was going to happen to Naruto, they might pity him. Unless they were a male then they would think is just one lucky guy ^^.

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Naruto was just about to leave class. He quietly got up and exited out of the classroom and into the halls, wrapped in his own thoughts. `Who was that girl sitting next to me anyway?' Naruto wondered. `She never even introduced herself, but she still stared at my all class…W-what if it's because she hates me…' Naruto was slowly growing more and more sure that that was the reasons she was staring at him. After all, more than once he looked up from his note to find the veins by her eyes bulging out. Was she angry or something? Not only was there the creepy veins but that smile of hers made him want to run for the hills! He even tried to ask the fox about it, and showed her his memories about it. But the kitsune just took a long look at the girl, took a deep sniff at the memory, and started to howl with laughter. He couldn't even get a coherent answer to why she was laughing! Naruto nearly jumped out of his skin when the girl ran up in front off him. She quickly put a small hand to his chest stopping him cold. Some off the students stopped to watch… they knew Hinata's reputation as a fighter and hoped to pick up a few moves.

Hinata gave him a look that made his mind freeze. He couldn't tell whether she wanted to kill him or snuggle him like a teddy bear, his sole desire was to scream and beg for mercy but she spoke first.

“You. Walking me home. Now.” With that she took a few steps in the other direction, throwing another one of the looks over her shoulder. “Well?”